Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Holman Bible
who has only the breath in his nostrils.
What is he really worth?
International Standard Version
"Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they really worth?"
A Conservative Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for how is he to be accounted of?
American Standard Version
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Amplified
Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
Darby Translation
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?
Julia Smith Translation
Cease to you from man of whom the breath is in his nose: for in what was he reckoned?
King James 2000
Turn away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for of what account is he?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?
Modern King James verseion
Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostril; for in what is he to be esteemed?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Fear not, then, any man whose breath is in his nostrils - for what is he?
NET Bible
Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
New Heart English Bible
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
The Emphasized Bible
Cease ye from the son of earth, In whose nostrils is but a breath, - For wherein to be reckoned upon, is he?
Webster
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
World English Bible
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
Youngs Literal Translation
Cease for you from man, Whose breath is in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?
Themes
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
Man » Redemption of » Trust in
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References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 2:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of The Lord's Judgment
21 To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength. 22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 146:3
Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Psalm 8:4
What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.
Job 27:3
(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)
James 4:14
When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
Genesis 7:22
Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.
Job 7:15-21
So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.
Psalm 62:9
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
Isaiah 40:15
See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.